Sérgio Posted March 9, 2022 Posted March 9, 2022 Hi! After building some "square" cars, I challenged myself to build something with an odd and more curved shape but I tried to look menacing, ominous, kinda villain car at the same time, so, the 1951 Ford Mercury was the answer. I choose dark purple and chrome to make it look also like Hotwheels. It wasn't easy to collect all parts, some of them were released in just one set, like the brackets I use to make the front mudguards and some parts don't even exist in dark purple, they were painted (sorry, not sorry Lego Purists) like the Curved wedge slopes 1x2. Mercury Retrograde 51 by Sérgio Batista, no Flickr Mercury Retrograde 51 by Sérgio Batista, no Flickr Mercury Retrograde 51 by Sérgio Batista, no Flickr And here a pack of "Fords"Rat Rod SB35 & Mercury Retrograde 51 by Sérgio Batista, no Flickr Quote
brickhead_07 Posted March 9, 2022 Posted March 9, 2022 Wooooooooow! This looks epic! These shapes are beautiful! Amazing build! Quote
Merlict Posted March 9, 2022 Posted March 9, 2022 2 hours ago, Sérgio said: some parts don't even exist in dark purple, they were painted Lmao if you didn't say nobody would have noticed.. your color matching is better than Lego's Quote
whitepen Posted March 9, 2022 Posted March 9, 2022 Wow! This looks amazing! 25 minutes ago, Merlict said: Lmao if you didn't say nobody would have noticed.. your color matching is better than Lego's So true! (by the way, i love your avatar) Quote
Sérgio Posted March 9, 2022 Author Posted March 9, 2022 37 minutes ago, Merlict said: Lmao if you didn't say nobody would have noticed.. your color matching is better than Lego's AHAHAHAH, *laugh in dark red* Thank you, for dark purple, I use a Molotow marker number 42 and than a clear gloss varnish from Tamiya :) 1 hour ago, brickhead_07 said: Wooooooooow! This looks epic! These shapes are beautiful! Amazing build! 10 minutes ago, whitepen said: Wow! This looks amazing! So true! (by the way, i love your avatar) Thank you so much! Quote
TheLegoDr Posted March 9, 2022 Posted March 9, 2022 I will agree I wouldn't have noticed if you didn't tell us it had some painted parts. Overall the shaping looks really well done. I love the chrome on the grill. That front area captures the '50s Mercury really well. My dad has a 1954 Mercury Monterey in seafoam green. So this is neat to see. Quote
Feuer Zug Posted March 10, 2022 Posted March 10, 2022 Gorgeous chop top Merc! Who cares what was sacrificed. The ends justify the means here. A great build that looks perfect next to your Ford. Quote
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